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he was a powerful fur in southern afghanistan. it could create a power vacuum and has raised many questions about the safety oerfgn officials. >> the president was joined by government officials said a prererceor his slain brother. brother was shot and killed by a security ar. the leader condemned the attacks. >> my message to an extremist is this. my cotren m brothers, stop killing your own people. it is easy to kill. but a real man is a man that sas whole people's lives. >> they travel to the ancestral village. >> he was a leading power broker in the south. his power stemmed from his family connections and the founhecculed analysts warn that the assassination could have serious consequences for afghanistan. >> it will boost to the more out of the -- the morale of the taliban and weaken the malof th afghan government. chaos might be and beaten back. this is a tremendous achievement for the taliban. >> they appointed another one of his brothers to a key role in the region to stave off political fighting and. >> women's soccer, jap
he was a powerful fur in southern afghanistan. it could create a power vacuum and has raised many questions about the safety oerfgn officials. >> the president was joined by government officials said a prererceor his slain brother. brother was shot and killed by a security ar. the leader condemned the attacks. >> my message to an extremist is this. my cotren m brothers, stop killing your own people. it is easy to kill. but a real man is a man that sas whole people's lives. >>...
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report highlighted the escalating violence in afghanistan however that report come for legally contradicting statements coming from u.s. military officials so we want to know who you think is giving us the real stats on violence and death in afghanistan and u.n. or the u.s. so let's go to producer patrice and essentially to find out what you had to say. general betrays the military well they've been trying to tell us that we're gaining momentum against the taliban and that the surge has been successful fragile and reversible but success. nevertheless one of the ways they're trying to prove it but general john allen has recently told congress that violence in afghanistan is five percent lower compared to last ok well it sounds great but the u.n. said in a new report that violence is on the rise and civilian deaths are up twenty percent since who do you think is telling the truth while they did morris he believes neither most of the violence he said goes on reported that may be true to this year's time magazine he wrote an article that most about an a stance violence actually takes place in pr
report highlighted the escalating violence in afghanistan however that report come for legally contradicting statements coming from u.s. military officials so we want to know who you think is giving us the real stats on violence and death in afghanistan and u.n. or the u.s. so let's go to producer patrice and essentially to find out what you had to say. general betrays the military well they've been trying to tell us that we're gaining momentum against the taliban and that the surge has been...
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funded them back in during the war in afghanistan i mean this is the real question is not necessarily links to al qaeda would to. q.a.m. are crediting sonic not grab but even to any other group flooding flooding. a civil war essentially or an area prone to civil war with weapons is not necessarily an inviolable promising you have no idea where those weapons will end up or who those people will be eventually the question of what happens to countries like like libya after the war is over so we just leave. if you just stop fighting and that's it it will turn them into sort of another ghana stone local or a lawless land. like a nice place for all those clowns in ren and groupings and and and. who are all that try to tribal leaders coming to power but if we want to to establish a sustainable peace in the country it's a long and costly for do you think that the europeans will be ready to to go for it in times of crisis economic difficulties i don't think the west has the political will or the attention span to see that out i think the west is losing its attention span shorter and shorter ki
funded them back in during the war in afghanistan i mean this is the real question is not necessarily links to al qaeda would to. q.a.m. are crediting sonic not grab but even to any other group flooding flooding. a civil war essentially or an area prone to civil war with weapons is not necessarily an inviolable promising you have no idea where those weapons will end up or who those people will be eventually the question of what happens to countries like like libya after the war is over so we...
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doesn't even seem likely to be able to achieve power anytime soon that you can look at the situation in afghanistan during the one thousand nine hundred six to two thousand and one civil conflict there between the taliban and the northern alliance the northern alliance they were the former regime that had power in kabul and they enjoyed diplomatic relations with the west even though the taleban controlled ninety five percent of the country but the they were kind of grandfathered in in this situation there's no grandfathering there's no. student it's almost just wishful thinking and frankly if i were a diplomat i would find it disturbing so these are just words that it's going to make any difference to this culture that you don't think that this official recognition which you say has been so hard to get in the pulse of the us is going to make any difference to this conflict. well of course the facts on the ground as the american policymakers like to say is what matters the question is who controls tripoli and who controls the the economy of the nation at this point does still work a donkey whether i
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last night, the prime minister returned from afghanistan to learn of the brewing storm. >> yes, we it -- we do need to have an inquiry into what happened. we're no longer talking about politicians and celebrities. we're talking about murder victims, potentially terrorist victims, having their funds hacked into. it is absolutely disgusting. >> what happened in the newsroom of news of the world is being investigated by 50 police officers. now there are inquiries as to why the police took so long to take it seriously and what is wrong with the british media. this all began with the imprisonment for years ago of the news of the world's will editor, imprisoned also this man. >> i made a statement yesterday, and due to constraints, there will be no more coming out of my mouth. >> it is his reams of notes that has provoked fuelled this side, that and the mounting anger of m p's that the police did not want to investigate what he had done. tonight, rupert murdoch issued a statement describing what had been done as deplorable and unacceptable, stating, "our company must fully and promptly coop
last night, the prime minister returned from afghanistan to learn of the brewing storm. >> yes, we it -- we do need to have an inquiry into what happened. we're no longer talking about politicians and celebrities. we're talking about murder victims, potentially terrorist victims, having their funds hacked into. it is absolutely disgusting. >> what happened in the newsroom of news of the world is being investigated by 50 police officers. now there are inquiries as to why the police...
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revealing it statements made by the new defense secretary over the weekend let's first start over in afghanistan maybe it was a slip up maybe it was on purpose but panetta pulled back at the bag on just how long our troops will be staying there while speaking in kabul he said that seventy thousand troops will remain there until the end of two thousand and fourteen to hand over control to afghan security forces seventy thousand until the end of twenty forty that really doesn't add up with the supposed and steady pace of withdrawal of the president promised we'd see that's after the troop surge is out by next summer in fact that sounds like withdrawal is going to come to a complete standstill and i'll tell you why he made that statement or at least why becomes even more odd you see panetta also said over the weekend that we're this close to beating al qaeda apparently all we have to do is take out ten or twenty key leaders who were done so if that's the case mr secretary then why are our troops staying in afghanistan until at least twenty fourteen if that's the case why did you go to iraq this wee
revealing it statements made by the new defense secretary over the weekend let's first start over in afghanistan maybe it was a slip up maybe it was on purpose but panetta pulled back at the bag on just how long our troops will be staying there while speaking in kabul he said that seventy thousand troops will remain there until the end of two thousand and fourteen to hand over control to afghan security forces seventy thousand until the end of twenty forty that really doesn't add up with the...
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plus nato begins withdrawing combat troops from afghanistan but are the local security forces ready to fan for themselves stay with us for a special report from the war zone. in time greece has seen a glimpse of hope after european leaders came up with a plan to fight its death prices after a long goshi ations e.u. governments agreed on a range of measures designed to help the debt street in a country to avoid a default greece will receive a new bailout worth an estimated one hundred nine billion euros the move will see interest rates on greek debt lowered and a period in which it must repay its loans double reese has been battling its debt crisis for the past eighteen months and has seen violent protests from a dissolution public some critics think the second cash handout will not be the miracle cure that greece needs to avoid the full. and i think it's going to prolong the agony unfortunately a lot more money has been thrown at the greek economy in the hope that that can stop a contingent but really a lot of it just looks like hype and i'm very very concerned that we haven't actually
plus nato begins withdrawing combat troops from afghanistan but are the local security forces ready to fan for themselves stay with us for a special report from the war zone. in time greece has seen a glimpse of hope after european leaders came up with a plan to fight its death prices after a long goshi ations e.u. governments agreed on a range of measures designed to help the debt street in a country to avoid a default greece will receive a new bailout worth an estimated one hundred nine...
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led coalition has started handing over control of some of afghanistan's territories to local security forces the central region has become the first of seven areas where that to happen ahead of the end of combat operations in the country in two thousand and fourteen senior ministers and foreign ambassadors marked the event by visiting the province which remained relatively peaceful throughout the new decade long occupation of afghanistan. and as well a president hugo chavez is back in cuba for more cancer treatment including chemotherapy no more cells have been found after surgery to remove a tumor from his region he transferred some powers to his ministers during his absence but didn't agree to opposition calls for a temporary handover of all presidential authority his battle with cancer has raised doubts over his fitness to lead the country but officially he still plans to run for reelection next year. egypt's prime minister has begun a major cabinet reshuffle after public protests demanding political reform again flared up in the country the foreign minister has resigned while the
led coalition has started handing over control of some of afghanistan's territories to local security forces the central region has become the first of seven areas where that to happen ahead of the end of combat operations in the country in two thousand and fourteen senior ministers and foreign ambassadors marked the event by visiting the province which remained relatively peaceful throughout the new decade long occupation of afghanistan. and as well a president hugo chavez is back in cuba for...
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the coalition in afghanistan begins handing control over to local security forces but fear reputation starts concerns about the future of the country down again armies known for recruiting drug addicts and people with taliban connections. from challenges in space to those here on earth are you so sure when i was introduced one of the first humans to step foot on the moon aldrin he told r.t. that the landing is the most important part of an astronaut mission his interviews of next. i am. under and it's a great pleasure and honor to have you with us here today thanks so i always want to ask you are we alone out there. there's no evidence that says that. we're not alone but i really think to get to the question of are they out there of course they are where i don't know there's no evidence or you think you will follow oh no you know that's a that's a. jumping to bizarre results with incomplete information and we were very careful not to excite the people who would jump to the conclusion that an observation immediately meant some thing that. was from somewhere else either either a testing
the coalition in afghanistan begins handing control over to local security forces but fear reputation starts concerns about the future of the country down again armies known for recruiting drug addicts and people with taliban connections. from challenges in space to those here on earth are you so sure when i was introduced one of the first humans to step foot on the moon aldrin he told r.t. that the landing is the most important part of an astronaut mission his interviews of next. i am. under...
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led coalition has started handing over control of some of afghanistan's territories to local security forces but journalist jerry van dyke who was once held hostage by the taliban says u.s. led efforts in the region have been seriously undermined by the death of karzai brother. while the cars i was not just the governor or the shadow governor of kandahar he was the most powerful and the most popular person throughout all of southern afghanistan this shows that right now with the canadian troops pulling out and with the u.s. trying to now focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle. i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who i
led coalition has started handing over control of some of afghanistan's territories to local security forces but journalist jerry van dyke who was once held hostage by the taliban says u.s. led efforts in the region have been seriously undermined by the death of karzai brother. while the cars i was not just the governor or the shadow governor of kandahar he was the most powerful and the most popular person throughout all of southern afghanistan this shows that right now with the canadian troops...
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led coalition is losing ground in afghanistan well the number of casualties continues to rise. they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the taliban but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can weave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the us and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary at least to give afghan face to the nato occupation that itself is now crumbling please armed attacks these assassination attempts are designed to create panic and i think in all likelihood they are creating panic within the very heart the foundation of the karzai government the u.s. is losing grown steadily and spending one hundred twenty billion dollars a year that's an increasing amount from the treasury that's already drained based on huge budget deficits here the number of casualties on t
led coalition is losing ground in afghanistan well the number of casualties continues to rise. they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the taliban but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can weave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the us and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination...
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led coalition in afghanistan begins handing control over to local security forces but their poor reputation sparked concerns about the future of the country. at one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with me where you know josh the man charged with friday's shooting spree at a norwegian youth camp and bombing in the capital has admitted responsibility for the twin attack the claimed over nine to lives the incident has been called the country's worst atrocities since world war two argues daniel bushell is following the developments for us. the suspect has admitted that it was an atrocious yet necessary act more details are most emerging about the suspect himself that he had two guns registered so his name that he was a weight lifting fan he also posted apparently a fifteen hundred page blog in which he wrote about how to make a bomb in videos emerging of him in army uniform with machine gun he's quoted as saying once you decide to strike it just gets to kill too many of the not enough or you risk reducing the desired ideological impact of the strike he was briefly a member of the
led coalition in afghanistan begins handing control over to local security forces but their poor reputation sparked concerns about the future of the country. at one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with me where you know josh the man charged with friday's shooting spree at a norwegian youth camp and bombing in the capital has admitted responsibility for the twin attack the claimed over nine to lives the incident has been called the country's worst atrocities since world war two...
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trying to help focus on eastern afghanistan and feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon you know or the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information. ahmed wali karzai was often accused of lengths was the taliban in afghanistan's illegal drugs straight ahead of russia's federal drug control service victorian office as a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country are helping watch his full interview in just over an hour here in r.t. but here's a quick preview. this september will be the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer than world war two the
trying to help focus on eastern afghanistan and feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon you know or the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a...
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doesn't even seem likely to be able to achieve power anytime soon but you can look at the situation in afghanistan during the one thousand nine hundred sixty two thousand and one civil conflict there between the taleban in the northern alliance the northern alliance where the former regime. had a coward in kabul and the diplomatic relations with the best in the taleban controlled ninety five percent of the country it's almost just wishful thinking and frankly if i originally met i would find it disturbing good to preserve our situation if the u.s. knows who these people are they're not seeing and certainly there's no doubt that traditionally there's always been a very high component of jihad. around ghazi. realistic to assume that that is not still because the u.s. has an amazing how it should be a skits full of hundred dollar bills to third world countries and expecting them to end up in the right hands. really going to have. a high level recognition of the rebels may bolster their spirits but it's a different story in combat fierce fighting for a keystroke oil town s. and with heavy casualties a
doesn't even seem likely to be able to achieve power anytime soon but you can look at the situation in afghanistan during the one thousand nine hundred sixty two thousand and one civil conflict there between the taleban in the northern alliance the northern alliance where the former regime. had a coward in kabul and the diplomatic relations with the best in the taleban controlled ninety five percent of the country it's almost just wishful thinking and frankly if i originally met i would find it...
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presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're supposed to be fighting it's kind of conspiracy and afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part when i'm away but then how do you reconcile that a lot of the civilian casualties that have been reported over the last year a lot of the civilian casualties there are believed to be from taliban. well the taliban certainly is. to itself and certainly has killed a lot of afghans also done a lot of harm but remember the taliban is somewhere around fifteen to eighteen thousand strong in southern and eastern afghanistan so not a major part of the population but it's more of the mindset of trying to control things so basically as the taliban comes into the peace process comes into the afghan government the taliban will begin to reconcile itself with the population and become more co
presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're supposed to be fighting it's kind of conspiracy and afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part when i'm away but then how do you reconcile that a lot of the civilian casualties that have been reported over the last year a lot of...
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led coalition started handing over the fall of some of afghanistan's territories to local security forces and central bummy in the region has become the first of seven m. that's to happen ahead of the end of the nato campaign operations in a country of twenty fourteen senior ministers and foreign ambassadors not the by visiting a province which remained relatively peaceful be near decade long occupation of afghanistan. egypt's prime minister has begun a major cabinet reshuffle after public protest in mali political reform again flared up in the country the foreign minister has resigned while two new deputy prime ministers have been appointed interim pm has been forced to make changes after widespread anger that little appears to have changed at all since president mubarak was ousted. the first humanitarian delivery for somalia's drought victims as arrived just over a week since the aid the country was nothing is the most insurgence which grew large parts of somalia imposed restrictions on foreign aid two years ago calling an anti muslim change after more than ten million people became aff
led coalition started handing over the fall of some of afghanistan's territories to local security forces and central bummy in the region has become the first of seven m. that's to happen ahead of the end of the nato campaign operations in a country of twenty fourteen senior ministers and foreign ambassadors not the by visiting a province which remained relatively peaceful be near decade long occupation of afghanistan. egypt's prime minister has begun a major cabinet reshuffle after public...
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trying to now focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information and it was journalist gerry van dyke commenting on the killing of the afghan president's brother. a new round of nato airstrikes has rattled the suburbs of the living capital tripoli as colonel gadhafi veld never to leave his country in the face of assaults by the alliance and the rebels this comes after the opposition became the legitimate authority in the country in the eyes of more nations the u.s. and more than thirty other states recognize them at a
trying to now focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason...
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key leaders of boom we're done so if that's the case mr secretary then why are our troops staying in afghanistan until at least twenty fourteen if that's the case why did you go to iraq this weekend and put more pressure on the iraqi government to ask us to keep our troops there after their withdrawal deadline at the end of the year do you know what else leon panetta said when speaking to the troops he said the reason to you guys are here is because on nine eleven the united states got attacked what that light has a use since the bush administration when it was discredited because everybody found out that there were no weapons of mass destruction and that iraq had nothing to do with nine eleven so is he trying to blame al qaeda for the recent spate of violence we've seen in iraq for the last month being the deadliest for u.s. troops there since two thousand and eight for the rockets that hit baghdad's green zone on monday the day after panetta flew in is that justification for the troops. hey even when it's very obvious that the situation is only becoming more dangerous for them i thought we onl
key leaders of boom we're done so if that's the case mr secretary then why are our troops staying in afghanistan until at least twenty fourteen if that's the case why did you go to iraq this weekend and put more pressure on the iraqi government to ask us to keep our troops there after their withdrawal deadline at the end of the year do you know what else leon panetta said when speaking to the troops he said the reason to you guys are here is because on nine eleven the united states got attacked...
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have hazard handover nato begins withdrawing combat troops from afghanistan but are the local security forces ready to fan for themselves stay with us for a special report from the war zone. greece has seen a glimpse of hope after european leaders came up with a plan to fight its debt crisis after a long ago she governments agreed on a range of measures designed to help the debt stricken country to avoid a default greece will receive a new bailout worth an estimated one hundred nine billion euros the move will see interest rates on greek debt lowered and a period in which it must repay its loans greece has has been battling its debt crisis for the past eighteen months and has seen violent protests from a dissolution public journalist simon young says that despite the second cash handouts troubles in greece are far from over. president sarkozy has been saying in brussels you know greece is a special case it's received this special support from the europeans and other countries won't receive that but of course it's do we believe that i'm not sure that we do because it seemed conceivable
have hazard handover nato begins withdrawing combat troops from afghanistan but are the local security forces ready to fan for themselves stay with us for a special report from the war zone. greece has seen a glimpse of hope after european leaders came up with a plan to fight its debt crisis after a long ago she governments agreed on a range of measures designed to help the debt stricken country to avoid a default greece will receive a new bailout worth an estimated one hundred nine billion...
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trying to now focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon no one and i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information it's going to take time before we find out who's responsible but in the short term we do know that there's a power vacuum throughout all of southern afghanistan he who holds kandahar holds that country because in the one nine hundred eighty s. when i worked as a route newspaper reporter in afghanistan there were negotiations between the mujahideen the united states the soviet union and pakistan pakistan does not want to watch from the sidelines when pakistan says that there should be direct negotiations between the. it's in the taliban what it is also saying is that pakistan wants t
trying to now focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon no one and i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the...
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even though we are in two wars in afghanistan in and in libya so people are rather surprised shocked. those say that people are mostly on twitter feed certainly social networks so been. trying to not jump to conclusions too early i have to say though that lead is breaking news essentially that the police officer he was going to this can and has been should be juve. the politicians he is actually tall and blonde and that he has according to newspapers and norwegian works. so this is this is rather or might be more complicated than we think it's too early to tell. history lecturer from oxford university told me the involvement of nato military campaigns could be the reason behind the attack. the most likely explanation is that norway's involvement as a nato member in on actions flying nato from libya to afghanistan will have been the basis for some backlash and whether that by flash comes from a libyan group or more generally from an islamic group clue to his whole star who. is obviously at the scene and i have to say we should remember that back in oklahoma city mention ninety five one
even though we are in two wars in afghanistan in and in libya so people are rather surprised shocked. those say that people are mostly on twitter feed certainly social networks so been. trying to not jump to conclusions too early i have to say though that lead is breaking news essentially that the police officer he was going to this can and has been should be juve. the politicians he is actually tall and blonde and that he has according to newspapers and norwegian works. so this is this is...
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trying to you know focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon no one and i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate they killed a person who had all the information we do know that there's a power vacuum throughout all of southern afghanistan he who holds kandahar holds that country because in the one nine hundred eighty s. when i worked as a newspaper reporter in afghanistan there were negotiations between the dean of the united states the soviet union pakistan pakistan does not want to rush from the sidelines when pakistan says that there should be direct negotiations between the united states and the taliban what it is also saying is that pakistan wants to be at the table also because don't forget most of your viewers know this the leadership of the taliban is not in afghanistan like al qaida it is in pakistan it cannot operate there independently it has to institutional backing.
trying to you know focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon no one and i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate they killed a person who had all the information we do know that there's a power vacuum throughout all of southern afghanistan he who holds kandahar holds that country because in...
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on july 5th. >> we were notified that there was a kia in afghanistan, we worked along with w winde we will be there if the family needs us, we will be there. >> the army sergeant was killed tuesday in afghanistan when rebels attacked his on unit. the 36-year-old from san jose had only four months left on his final tour of dudety. he joined the military back when he was just 18 years old. >>> in new york, a roller coaster is shut down tonight and an investigation is underway after an army veteran fell to his death. this is video sergeant james hakimer after he returned home to buffalo. both of his legs were amputated as a result of the bomb. last night, investigators say he was on the front seat of a roller coaster called the ride of steel. at some point he was ejected from the roller coaster, the spokesperson from the park would only say the incident is under investigation. >> we are saddened to report the guest has passed away. we are currently investigating the situation with our safety experts and local authorities. the attraction in the surrounding area is closed pending the inves
on july 5th. >> we were notified that there was a kia in afghanistan, we worked along with w winde we will be there if the family needs us, we will be there. >> the army sergeant was killed tuesday in afghanistan when rebels attacked his on unit. the 36-year-old from san jose had only four months left on his final tour of dudety. he joined the military back when he was just 18 years old. >>> in new york, a roller coaster is shut down tonight and an investigation is underway...
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if we just stop fighting and that is it it will turn them into sort of an afghanistan local law a lawless land. like a nice place for all those clans and rend and groupings and then and then and. who all that try to tribal leaders go coming to power but if we want to to establish a sustainable peace in the country it's a long and costly for do you think that the europeans will be ready to to go for it in times of crisis economic difficulties i don't think the west has the political will or the attention span to see that out i think the west is losing as attention span shorter and shorter it gets focused on domestic political consolidation look at what's going on within europe within the euro delaying the inevitable regard to greece and now to to new debt ceilings in italy look at the congressional battles in washington as you can see that the attention span just snaps so i don't think. that a lasting peace will be stabilized and imposed by the european union by need or by the u.s. . and the other thing. if. people within nato if they will decide to go for peace too to work for or for for
if we just stop fighting and that is it it will turn them into sort of an afghanistan local law a lawless land. like a nice place for all those clans and rend and groupings and then and then and. who all that try to tribal leaders go coming to power but if we want to to establish a sustainable peace in the country it's a long and costly for do you think that the europeans will be ready to to go for it in times of crisis economic difficulties i don't think the west has the political will or the...
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since the beginning of the wars in iraq and afghanistan, more than 1800 members of the military have committed suicide during active duty. even more staggering, more active duty troops have died in the last two years from suicide than in combat. now the president will be writing letters to the families of the service members. here's hoping he has to write very, very few. greg keesling told us his wife cried for the first time in two years. we're going to heal, he said. we're going to heal. that's tonight's last word.
since the beginning of the wars in iraq and afghanistan, more than 1800 members of the military have committed suicide during active duty. even more staggering, more active duty troops have died in the last two years from suicide than in combat. now the president will be writing letters to the families of the service members. here's hoping he has to write very, very few. greg keesling told us his wife cried for the first time in two years. we're going to heal, he said. we're going to heal....
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(laughter) but we may be leaving afghanistan within the next 50 or 60 years. (laughter) and if that occurs, what is pakistan's interest in the taliban in that, you know, what is the situation that, as you see it with our maybe pulling back a little bit? >> that's a serious issue to be considered, especially to... it will have implications on pakistan. if you quit in 2014, whatever has been declared, obviously the best strategy for the taliban or the enemy, al qaeda and taliban, is to lie low, let time pass, and then rise again. so declaring... giving a timeline, i have always been saying that it ought to be effected, what effects do we want to create? you can't have it time related because then you'll be in the hands of the enemy, i would say. and if you leave in 2014 without stabilizing afghanistan, what will happen then? we need to visualize. >> well, the problem is... the difficulty i think for america is afghanistan hasn't been stable since, i guess, hannibal. (laughter) so the idea that we could stay there... (laughter). they don't appear to want to be st
(laughter) but we may be leaving afghanistan within the next 50 or 60 years. (laughter) and if that occurs, what is pakistan's interest in the taliban in that, you know, what is the situation that, as you see it with our maybe pulling back a little bit? >> that's a serious issue to be considered, especially to... it will have implications on pakistan. if you quit in 2014, whatever has been declared, obviously the best strategy for the taliban or the enemy, al qaeda and taliban, is to lie...
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when i worked as a route newspaper reporter in afghanistan there were negotiations between the mujahideen the united states the soviet union pakistan pakistan does not want to watch from the sidelines when pakistan says that there should be direct negotiations between the united states and the taliban what it is also saying is that pakistan wants to be at the table also because don't forget most of your viewers know this the leadership of the taliban is not in afghanistan like al-qaeda it is in pakistan it cannot operate there independently it has to have institutional backing and the struggle for land rights in israel there is one place that still a no go area fifty years ago was a thriving palestinian community but it was driven out and now israel's eyeing it up as a luxury getaway policy or has the story. this old in the mountains of jerusalem are the remains of a once bustling arab community only the memories of those who once lived here have survived intact i feel this now and have come back and to bring. my village. to see the hobson's this rain also to remind. my father. grew up am
when i worked as a route newspaper reporter in afghanistan there were negotiations between the mujahideen the united states the soviet union pakistan pakistan does not want to watch from the sidelines when pakistan says that there should be direct negotiations between the united states and the taliban what it is also saying is that pakistan wants to be at the table also because don't forget most of your viewers know this the leadership of the taliban is not in afghanistan like al-qaeda it is in...